Indian Creek PK News
November 28-December 2
Welcome Back
We are in our unit 5 -Holiday Traditions. Our key concepts are changes and never changes. We are learning about different celebrations, ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th) and sequencing events. We will be reviewing of the straight line letters ( L, F,E, H, T and I) and continue with our curved letters ( C, O, Q, U, G, and S).
We will be working with rhyming words. You child will need to be able to make a rhyme. If we say "bug" your child will need to give us another rhyming word such as tug, hug, mug, and rug. We will start segmenting words into syllables and working with compound words. If we put them together we will also be taking words apart. Here is an example: the compound word is cupcake- if we take it apart you have cup and cake- this is also a two syllable word. We have already been exposing your children to syllables by clapping out their names. They should already know if their name is 1, 2,3 or 4 claps.
We will also be doing a lot of name writing- this is a task for our 3 year old and our 4 year old students. Each student should know how to write their name by the end of pre-k. This is using both upper case and lower case correctly.
We will also be reviewing counting one to eight objects in a set. We will focus on all numerals 1 to 8, sorting objects based on attributes (color, size, texture and shape) and octagon is our shape this week. We will reviewing all the shapes we have learned to this date.
We will be doing some science related investigations with energy- we will be doing activities with light, heat, and electricity. Be prepared to be amazed. You can help at home by pointing out things like holiday lights, fires in the fireplace,doing simple things like turning out the lights in rooms.
The next phase of skills testing will happen when we return from Winter Break. This is why it is important for you to continue with the learning during the break.
Weather and Clothing
When we left school it was still in the 80's. Now the weather people are starting to say forecasts with the words "wet and in the 30's." Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately. If you send sweaters, jackets, or coats- please make sure you have written your child’s name on the tag or in the article of clothing. We are still planning on going outside unless it is raining or snowing. We will use our best judgement on outside play and follow our district guidelines for outside play. We will still have time to do gross motor play. It will be in the classroom or in our motor lab using parachutes, jumping horses, balls and other items.
It is also time to check that your child has a change of clothes in their back pack. Now we need to see more late fall and winter items. We need pants or leggings, long sleeved shirts, underwear, and socks.
Cold and Flu season is HERE!
Your child’s health is of great importance. It is that time of year when colds, flu and viruses run wild in schools, churches, and other public places. We will take every precaution to have a healthy and safe environment. Please consider getting a flu shot for yourself and your child. Having the flu is not any fun and can be life threatening for young children.
We would like you to consider keeping your child home if they have fever, diarrhea and vomiting. It is requested that students be symptom free for 24 hours before returning to school. Please don't give your child a fever reducer and send them to school. Our bodies create a fever to fight viruses and to give us a warning that we are sick. When you send a child to school sick you will be impacting 20 plus families in addition to the teachers and their families. Teachers don't like missing days of school due to illness.
If your child becomes ill while at school, we will take them to the school nurse. The nurse will evaluate your child and contact you to let you know if you need to pick your child up. Please keep in mind the only person on campus that can give any medication is our school nurse.
Important Dates
Picture Retakes
Did you miss school pictures? Good news! Picture retake day is scheduled for Friday December 9th. Please let us know by e-mail if your child needs a retake.Winter Class Party
Our winter class parties will be on Tuesday December 20th . If you would like to help please let our PTA know . We are sure they would love extra helping hands to pull the parties together. More information will be coming about the parties.
1/2 day AM 10:00-10:45 am
1/2 PM and Full Day 1:45-2:30 pm
PTA organizes the parties- please contact Casey Kazmann at iceptaclassparties@gmail.com
Early Release December 21st
Please make arrangements for early release on December 21st.
Full Day Class will meet from 7:45AM-11:45 AM
Both Half Day Classes will meet. AM group will be 7:45 am to 9:30am.
PM Group is 10:00 am to 11:45 am. Please be on time!
Winter Break
December 22- January 3
For Our Whole Day Parents
LABEL MEALS
We need your assistance with lunch boxes. We need to have your child's two meals CLEARLY marked. On the container write BREAKFAST and LUNCH.NAP MATS
Please wash nap time blankets and return to school on Monday. There is nothing like napping on clean fresh bedding.
CLASSROOM ELVES
We want to give you a heads up in case your children start talking ( and we hope they are). We will have two elves visiting -one in our classroom and the other in nap room. Victor and Victoria have come from the North Pole to watch your children. They have also installed ELF CAMs (these fake cameras are magical ) in the school to aid them with watching your children. These elves thrive on good behavior and kindness. They want to see all the children getting Falcon Buck for good behavior and kindness. Yes we believe in the magic of the season.
Teacher Contact Information
Full Day Pre-Kindergarten
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail Freedenbergr@LISD.net
For Text Messaging please e-mail teacher for instructions
Twitter @Rfreedenberg
Mrs. Heather Castillo
1/2 Day Pre-Kindergarten
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: CastilloH@LISD.net
Mrs. Jordan Utt
PPCD Teacher
Office 469-713-5180
E-mail: UttJ@LISD.net